Category Archives: Paper Crafts

DIY Shabby Chic Frame & Card

Turn a vintage sale find into something new and shabby chic with just a few garage and crafty supplies, along with a gorgeous combination of May Arts ribbon and Authentique paper. Wow, what a beautiful mix! I found a frame at a local salvation store for only $.75-it was dirty and awkward looking hanging on […]

Creating A Layout – Writing with Twine

Hi Everyone!  Today I have a layout to share with you using some of the new and fabulous May Arts Baker’s Twine and loads of Authentique goodies! For this layout, I actually used the Baker’s Twine for part of my title.  The “love” in script is gently tacked down with some Helmar Quick Dry adhesive and […]

Mother’s Day Paper Bag Album

Welcome to the May Arts blog!  We’re super excited to partner with Authentique this week to bring you some ideas for celebrating Mother’s Day.   I took a little detour from the traditional sewn paper bags albums (you can find many tutorials online for this type of album) and created one using my Bind it All […]

Mother’s Day Card & Layout

I was quite giddy when I received the Authentique ‘Gathering’ collection to work with! It is stunning! For my first project I’ve made a Mother’s Day card: Using the pretty ‘Grow’ paper as my focal panel, I wrapped it with May Arts 3/8” grosgrain/ivory stripe & 3/8” lace. I added the ‘icon’ with the bird’s […]

Mother’s Day Card and Stacking Boxes

May Arts Ribbon and Authentique papers paired together to create a mothers day card and stacking boxes.  This tutorial teaches creative ways to use ribbon to create these Mother’s Day gifts. Blog post by: Leah Farrar-White There are two ways to win: post your comments on the blog and on Facebook! Hop on over to […]

DIY Mothers Day Mini Album Card

Hi this is Jenifer here with you today to share this quick Mothers Day Card with you using the Authentique “Delightful” Collection.  I absolutely loved this paper collection the papers and the patterns were perfect for me.   For my project I created a Mother’s Day Card/Mini Album, I wanted it to be more than a […]

Homemade Gift Ideas: Distressed Frame

I had just received some awesome chipboard product from Words or Whatever and Flourish with a Bling in Australia and when I got the beautiful Authentique papers I knew just what to do.  I made this fun wall hanging for my house that has distressed tags with fun vintage images on them.  I used a […]